Romance and the "yellow peril" : race, sex, and discursive strategies in Hollywood fiction / Gina Marchetti.
Marchetti, Gina.
1993
PN1995.9.A78 M37 1993 (Mapit)
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Title Romance and the "yellow peril" : race, sex, and discursive strategies in Hollywood fiction / Gina Marchetti.
Author Marchetti, Gina.
ISBN 0520084950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520079744 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Berkeley : University of California Press, c1993.
Language English
Description xi, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number PN1995.9.A78 M37 1993
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.43/6520395
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index.
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Introduction
The Rape fantasy: The Cheat and Broken blossoms
The Threat of captivity: The Bitter tea of General Yen and Shanghai express
Passport seductions: Lady of the tropics
The scream of the butterfly: Madame Butterfly, China gate, and "The Lady from yesterday"
White knights in Hong Kong: Love is a many splendored thing and The World of Suzie Wong
Tragic and transcendent love: Sayonara and The Crimson kimono
Japanese war brides: domesticity and assimilation in Japanese war bride and Bridge to the sun
The Return of the butterfly: the geisha masquerade in My geisha and "An American geisha"
Conclusion: the postmodern spectacle of race and romance in Year of the dragon.

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